The City of Aurora is the second-largest city in Illinois. Aurora has long been a transportation hub with easy access to Interstate 88, two Metra stations, and a regional airport. It also counts with four Higher Education Institutions,14 business parks, and a 130+ mile fiber network.

Located 150 km from Jakarta, Bandung attracts many visitors from the capital Jakarta and surrounding areas. It is an innovative hub for creativity and entrepreneurship as well as the first Indonesian city that signed the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) in 2020.

Bandung will pair with Rome of Italy to focus on smart city development. It will share the experience on tourism and culture, urban agriculture and renovation wave.

The capital of Thailand, Bangkok is the centre of all development activities. The cityscape is always changing with new high-rise buildings and extensive mass transit systems being constructed, old architecture with heritage value being repurposed and green infrastructure and public space being transformed to improve quality of life.

A recent signatory of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, Bangkok is proposed to cooperate with Milan to innovate its urban food systems and explore urban farming.

Brisbane is home to the largest local government in Australia. It is the country’s third largest city, but its fastest growing. Brisbane is the largest certified carbon neutral government organisation in Australia and Australia’s most biodiverse city. In 2032, Brisbane will host the Summer Olympics, which will be ‘climate-positive’.

Canberra is one of the few planned capital cities in the world, and it is a nature-based city; around half of the ACT is nature reserve. It is home to the Australian Federal Parliament and six universities. Canberra is also home to Australia’s cultural institutions. The city is powered by 100% renewable energy.

Chiang Mai is the largest city in northern Thailand and was the centre of the ancient Lanna Kingdom. It boasts a distinct cultural identity with many historical landmarks of great heritage value and a beautiful landscape that makes it a popular tourist destination for Thais and foreigners alike.

Sharing similarities in terms of innovation, Chiang Mai is proposed to work with Granada in areas related to smart city, circular economy and waste management.

Christchurch is the country’s second-largest city by urban area population. Historically a dominant economic activity, agriculture has been complemented by a rise in scientific and technology-based industries. One of Christchurch’s major initiatives is the development of wellbeing-focused collaborations and approaches supporting individual, community, and business resilience in response to disaster.

Established in 1893, Da Lat is the political, economic and cultural centre of Lam Dong Province, located on Lam Vien plateau in the Central Highland Region of Vietnam, about 1,500 meters above sea level. It has historical, cultural and architectural heritage, hillsides and different flower and organic vegetable farms all around.

Fortaleza has worked on strengthening its capacities in land-use planning and land-based financing. The city is also deeply committed to economic and environmental sustainability and received the Sustainable Transport Award in 2018. In addition, Fortaleza is an important communication hub for its great number of submarine optical fiber cables. 

Fortaleza seeks to work on waste management and circular economy, especially on the disposal and recycling of construction waste. The city is also interested in electric transportation of recycling materials. 

The historical core of George Town has been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2008. The city’s economy depends on tourism, services sector and lastly manufacturing as a primary source of income.

George Town’s focus is circular economy, waste management, data transition, mobility and transport.

The city of Guanajuato, capital of the State of Guanajuato, is part the Bajío region, an important industrial cluster located in the centre of Mexico. The city’s economy also relies on tourism, linked to Guanajuato’s rich heritage and mining history.

Guanajuato seeks to promote tourism around its historic city centre. The city is also interested in collaborating on water management and nature-based solutions (NBS), including the protection of natural areas. 

Ha Tinh City is in the central coastal region of Vietnam and is a centre for politics, administration, economy, culture, science and technology, education, services and transportation within and beyond the Ha Tinh Province. It is a dynamic young city with innovative urban planning actions coupled with natural assets including nice beaches, beautiful rivers, mountains.